Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
9) His Last Bow
Mystery Entwined with Supernatural"'This is an Indian Army List of three years back,' he explained, 'and here is the very gentleman we want - 'Heatherstone, J. B., Commander of the Bath,' my dears, and 'V.C.', think of that, 'V.C. '—'formerly colonel in the Indian Infantry, 41st Bengal Foot, but now retired with the rank of major-general.' In this other column is a record of his services —'capture of Ghuznee and defence of
...15) The Sign of Four
A Prank or a Crime of Passion?
"What is the meaning of it, Watson? said Holmes solemnly as he laid down the paper. "What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable. But what end? There is the great standing perennial problem to which human reason is as far from an answer as ever." - Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Cardboard
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